[Coco] CocoRPi3 update

[Steve Strowbridge]

This is great Ron, are you going to be at CoCoFEST! again this year? Will
you bring one to demo? Love to see it, and I'd be interested in getting a
CoCoPi at some point if it was user friendly enough, I'm not hardware handy
with soldering and assembly of boards and such.

Now we just need John Strong to make a 3D CoCo shaped case for it, if he
hasn't already.

What is the output? HDMI? What do you use for controllers? any standard USB?

How is the software selection and menu updated?

Is there a blog/project site for this? Love to add it to my CoCo links page.

Thanks for putting in the effort, what a cool project.

Steve Strowbridge, aka
The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
http://ogsteviestrow.com
ogsteviestrow at gmail.com


On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:

> Hi just posted this on Facebook as well, but wanted to post here as well
> (for those of you not on Facebook).
>
> The initial CocoPi3 distribution image has been created. It only needs to
> be downloaded and copied to an SD card. It will automatically boot right to
> a menu system. A few things to note:
>
> The file system size came in just under 4 GB but would not quite fit on a
> 4GB SD card. When I created the image, I did so from an 8GB card. When
> compressed (via zip) the download file size will be approximately 3.3GB. I
> will continue to look for ways to improve the package and distribution
> system, but for now it is what it is.
>
> I have created some initial documentation to provide with the SD card
> image. It will need updating and I'm sure I've missed things, but wanted to
> make something available as quickly as I could. For those who are
> interested in trying this distribution, I welcome any feedback (good or
> bad). I'm hoping others will find the project enjoyable and expand/modify
> it as they see fit. It would be great to see other ideas, etc., shared with
> the rest of this great Coco community.
>
> I've been contacted by a few people who were kind enough to offer some
> hosting options for me. I will make sure to provide links for the SD card
> image and documentation soon.
>
> One final note - I've thoroughly enjoyed my time spent on getting Coco
> emulation running the RPi3. It's not perfect, but it's certainly a very
> good start to something I think may become more popular as an "alternative"
> way to enjoy a Coco experience. I will still always prefer my real Coco
> hardware but this project may help expose others to the Coco world and get
> them more interested in our hobby. Perhaps enough to look for real Coco
> equipment. I realize that emulation can be run any many types of
> workstations. The CocoPi3 projects provides a standard platform for running
> the emulators -- using the exact same equipment, software., etc.. From a
> community support perspective, it has it's pluses.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Ron
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